{"product_id":"mimesis-expression-construction-fredric-jamesons-seminar-on-aesthetic-theory-9781915672162","title":"Mimesis, Expression, Construction: Fredric Jameson's Seminar on Aesthetic Theory","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMimesis, Expression, Construction\u003c\/i\u003e brings Fredric Jameson's famous Duke University seminar on Adorno's \u003ci\u003eAesthetic Theory\u003c\/i\u003e into print for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTranscribed and edited from audio recordings taken by Octavian Esanu of the original seminar at Duke University in 2003, \u003ci\u003eMimesis, Expression, Construction\u003c\/i\u003e reproduces Jameson and his students' engagement with \u003ci\u003eAesthetic Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the most influential theories of modernist aesthetics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first and only published record of Jameson's teaching and pedagogic style, the seminar delves into modern and modernist aesthetics through the perspectives of Kant, Hegel, Freud, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche; Benjamin and other members of the Frankfurt School; the literary works of Thomas Mann and Samuel Beckett; the music of Schoenberg, Webern and Berg; the films of Chaplin, Vertov and Eisenstein; the aesthetic implications of psychoanalysis and biblical exegesis; classical music; and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePresented in the format of a play, with stage setting, student interruptions and exchanges, interjections, auditory noises, and ambient sounds, and complemented with scans of students' notes, \u003ci\u003eMimesis, Expression, Construction\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking addition to the work of one of the greatest modern cultural critics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16598187\"\u003eFredric Jameson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Repeater\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 750\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.80w x 2.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781915672162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1915672163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PHI\"\u003ePhilosophy\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PHI001000\"\u003eAesthetics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PHI\"\u003ePhilosophy\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PHI019000\"\u003ePolitical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PHI\"\u003ePhilosophy\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PHI026000\"\u003eCriticism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFredric Jameson\u003c\/b\u003e (born April 14, 1934) is a prominent American literary critic, philosopher and Marxist political theorist. He is currently Knut Schmidt-Nielsen Professor of Comparative Literature and Romance Studies (French) and the director of the Center for Critical Theory at Duke University. Among his best-known titles are \u003ci\u003eMarxism and Form\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Political Unconscious: Narrative as a Socially Symbolic Act\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePostmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Singular Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eValences of the Dialectic\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Antinomies of Realism\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOctavian Esanu\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor in the Department of Fine Arts and Art History and Director\/Curator of the American University of Beirut Art Galleries. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eWhat Does \"Why\" Mean?; Transition in Post-Soviet Art; Art, Awakening and Modernity in the Middle East\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eContemporary Art and Capitalist Modernization\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Postsocialist Contemporary\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Repeater","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44703929270509,"sku":"9781915672162","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_30d41650-7f1d-4ce8-8f34-e8e616f9a7b4.jpg?v=1747514592","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/mimesis-expression-construction-fredric-jamesons-seminar-on-aesthetic-theory-9781915672162","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}